Looking around the area's to the north and north east of Århus, we've come across several really nice houses. This one in particular strikes my fancy though its all the way around Kalø vig. Here is an aerial photograph of the village. The whole place is beautiful out there, but far off the beaten track and my social and gaming life would take a serious hit!
It would be the perfect place for Freja to grow up in though. Beautiful countryside in all directions, a small village with a school and a kindergarten and the sea is but a few minutes walk away in the picturesque and sheltered cove of Kalø vig.
If only... the house is Udb: 73,000/knt1.448,000, Brt:9,448/nt 7,799. So close, but so far.
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The Danish countryside is so beautiful. The rocky/green coastline image that you posted is just dreamlike, and it seems like a wonderful place to raise a child.
Well that one is actually a famous painting =)
But yeah, Kalø vig (which roughly translates to Kal island cove) is one of the most beautiful places in Denmark. Its being considered as one of the nine possible/new national parks.
In USD the house costs $250,299.
Gorgeous!
It's a shame Denmark doesn't have any mountains, otherwise I'd move there.
http://www.himmelbjerget.dk/startbillede.jpg
Obviously you've never heard of Himmelbjerget! (Sky Mountain)
=)
elavation: 149m above sea level
I realized that it was a painting. :P
I haven't been able to get it out of my head, actually. I was telling Christoph how beautiful Denmark is. I'm quite fond of how green everything is. :)
250? That is so affordable! My house was way too much, and when we lived in Switzerland everything was so expensive, even where we lived in the countryside.
How far from the main city is this village?
Well I haven't got a car so its a long way, but it says in the papers on the place that its a half hour's drive (I'd say 40 mins)
So, $250,000 isn't much for a house in the states then? I thought housing was very cheap over there. I was under the impression that Danish prices were far higher. I guess my information is flawed (as usual)
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I live in a 3 bed semi with garage and reasonably large garden (30mx10m) in the heart of the town (and on the edge of two council estates which are less than desirable) and it's valued at £120,000 (1,321,000 Danish Kroner). And I thought housing over here was expensive!
We're not committed to that house in particular, though it is pretty near perfect in most respects. We don't have to move any time soon. No one is forcing us out or anything, so we will take our time and look about.
The house in question is just an indication of what we'd like, though preferably a bit closer to Århus.
The papers for it arrived today and I intend to take them with me on holiday and peruse them with my in laws (who are also coming on holiday with us) and ask their advice.
(I never do anything serious without taking a boat load of advice first. I am a blue eyed innocent in the world of finacial matters.)
We also found out today that the apartment we are living in will most probably not be tampered with for at least two years, so that gives us back the breathing space we had before the news of the rebuilding hit us.
US prices vary from region to region. My region the DC area is expensive and my county's avg home price is like 300. Which is lower than it is in the city of DC. DC is at an avg price of a little more than 400.
Yet in Orlando Florida where my brother lives his home which is all newly built, it got wrecked in a hurricane, and REALLY nice, right downtown is worth around 250. Or my husbands family just sold their 5 bedroom home outside buffalo NY for 160
Varies a lot.
Nearly 35 years ago I spent 5 months at Sproghojskole paa Kalo learning Danish. They were some of the most enjoyable months of my life. Being an early riser I used to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and walk through the wood that surrounded the school. Every day I would see deer stoats and on a couple of occasions I saw a badger, very rare indeed. I used to walk out along the causeway to the castle and sit down in the ruins and look back. Your Blogg brings back so many memories. It is behond my comprehension that the Danes will have destroyed such a beautiful area, enjoy it and keep it so.
It depends on where in the country you are.
My first house was $154,000.
My current house was $330,000 and is closer to the city and has more amenities.
How many rooms is your house Ken?
Hmmm....
1st house was a 3 bedroom garrison-style house with large country kitchen, formal dining room, informal living/tv room, full bath upstairs, half bath + laundry downstairs, "mud" room (access to back door) and walk-up attic. Also, full, unfinished basement. No deck or other outside amenities.
Current house is also 3 bedroom with open 2-story foyer (I'd've rather had a 4th smaller room. Heating void spaces makes me cringe.), formal dining room, kitchen, half bath downstairs, laundry room, half-finished basement, full bath upstairs, separate family/tv room. 2 car garage under the family room. Plus, we added an in-law apartment for Cheryl's mom, but that isn't part of the original cost. Attic access is via a pull-down stairway/hatch, which is nowhere near as useful as a full walk-up.
Ihave just had a look at the arial photo and it looked like Vrinners. What a great place you will only have about one kilometer to walk to get to the sea with a nice view out to the Kalo slot ruin. What a great place to bring up kids.
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